Wiley Excel 2010 Workbook For Dummies 978-0-470-48960-4 Benutzerhandbuch
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Chapter 1
Getting Familiar with the
Excel 2010 Interface
In This Chapter
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Identifying the different parts of the Excel display screen
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Selecting commands in the Excel Backstage View
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Selecting commands on the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
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Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
T
he Excel 2010 interface relies primarily on the Ribbon, a block of commands
displayed at the top of the screen and divided into distinct blocks called tabs. The
displayed at the top of the screen and divided into distinct blocks called tabs. The
single vestige of the old pull-down menus from versions prior to Excel 2007 is the File
menu that’s displayed along the left side of the brand new Backstage View screen. The
File menu contains all the File commands. You open the Backstage View that contains
the menu by clicking the File menu (which looks just like the Ribbon tabs in the worksheet
view except that it’s the only one that’s green). Also, in place of the many toolbars in
the pre-Excel-2007 versions, Excel 2010 offers a single toolbar called the Quick Access
toolbar.
menu that’s displayed along the left side of the brand new Backstage View screen. The
File menu contains all the File commands. You open the Backstage View that contains
the menu by clicking the File menu (which looks just like the Ribbon tabs in the worksheet
view except that it’s the only one that’s green). Also, in place of the many toolbars in
the pre-Excel-2007 versions, Excel 2010 offers a single toolbar called the Quick Access
toolbar.
The exercises in this first chapter are designed to get you familiar with the Excel 2010
interface. As a result of doing these exercises, you should be comfortable with all
aspects of the display screen and the command structure and ready to do all the rest of
the exercises in this book.
interface. As a result of doing these exercises, you should be comfortable with all
aspects of the display screen and the command structure and ready to do all the rest of
the exercises in this book.
Identifying the Parts of the
Excel Display Screen
Before you can start using Excel 2010, you have to be familiar with its display screen.
Figure 1-1 shows you the Excel 2010 display screen as it first appears when you launch
the program. Note the names of the different parts of the display screen before you
perform Exercise 1-1.
Figure 1-1 shows you the Excel 2010 display screen as it first appears when you launch
the program. Note the names of the different parts of the display screen before you
perform Exercise 1-1.
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